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Office of Development and Alumni Engagement

As Mississippi's only academic health sciences center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) serves all of the people of our state through our six schools, four hospitals and dozens of outreach programs.

Our mission is to be a great, comprehensive, public institution of higher learning. We strive to enhance the educational, economic, health care, social and cultural foundations of the state, region and nation.

UMMC receives approximately 11 percent of its operating funds from the State of Mississippi. The dramatic improvements in our programs and facilities that we have made would not have been possible without substantial private philanthropic support.

We invite you to join us on our journey of healing and discovery, and we appreciate all that you do to improve the health of our people and state.
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Donor Spotlight: Jean C. Douglas

The first endowed scholarship benefitting the Medical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is being funded by a retired MLS professional who earned her degree more than a decade before the School of Health Related Professions was founded in 1971.

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Support the UMMC School of Nursing

Construction is set to begin on a new state–of–the–art home for the nursing school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

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Office of Development and Alumni Engagement

Dr. Giorgio Aru, professor emeritus of surgery and former division chief and surgical director of UMMC’s heart transplant program, and his wife, Jan Aru, started Aru Family Scholarship Endowment to help medical students overcome financial barriers and pursue a future in medicine.

Aru family endowment will support future UMMC medical students

Monday, July 21, 2025

After decades of service at UMMC, Dr. Giorgio Aru and his wife, Jan, have turned their attention to supporting the next generation of physicians. The couple has established a scholarship to help medical students overcome financial barriers and pursue a future in medicine. Read More

The Office of Development and Alumni Engagement fundraising team for 2025.

Support for UMMC’s mission hits record level in fiscal 2025

Monday, July 14, 2025

New facilities for cancer and dementia research are several steps closer to reality thanks to a record year for fundraising at UMMC. Read More

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UMMC Office of Development and Alumni Engagement

2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
Phone: (601) 984-2300